A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIf there is a God what the hell is He for?
More William Faulkner Quotes
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If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat
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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain’t got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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